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Maria Friberg

Biography

Born 1966 in Malmö
Lives and works in Stockholm

  • Education

  • 1989-95
    Royal University College of
    Fine Arts, Stockholm
  • 1992
    Myndlista og Handidaskoli, Reykjavik
  • 1988
    Nordic Art school, Kokkola
  • 1987
    Bild & Form, Lunnevad
  • 1986
    Art History, Gothenburg University
  • Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2010
    ”transmission”, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm
    ”transmission”, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington DC
  • 2009
    "way ahead", Östergötlands länsmuseum
    "way ahead", Galerie Voss, Düseeldorf
    Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle
    Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
  • 2008
    Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Kristinehamn
    Konsthallen, Kulturens Hus, Luleå
    'Alongside Us', Galeria Galica, Milan
    'Alongside Us', Solo project, Arco 08, Madrid, curator Paula Toppila
    'Alongside Us', Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm
  • 2007
    ”Fallout”, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
    ”STILL LIVES”,Skövde Konsthall, Skövde
    ”Embedded”, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington DC
  • 2006
    "Working Model", Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
  • 2005
    "Sleeping Beauty", Galica Arte Contemporanea,M ilano
    "STILL LIVES", Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm
    "STILL LIVES", Conner Contemporary Art, Washington DC
    "Boys are us", Skärets Konsthall, Skäret
    "blown out", Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art C
  • 2004
    "seconds away", Göteborgs konsthall, Gothenburg
    "Cafe Royal", Frankfurt, curator: Brigitte Trotha and Daniel Birnbaum

  • 2003
    "endless limit", Room 02, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
    Embassy of Sweden, Washington DC, curator: Nancy Westman
    "Liquidación Total", with Lawrence Weiner, Madrid, curator: Ulrich Schötker
    "painted view", "Odd Weeks" , Moderna Museet, Stockholm
  • 2002
    "seconds away", Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm
    Yvon Lambert, Paris
    Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara,California
    Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota

  • 2001
    Team Gallery, New York
    Porin Taidemuseo, Pori
    Arndt & Partner II, Berlin
    Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
    Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping

  • 2000
    Art Statements, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Art Basel, Basel
    "Are you there, where?" , Gallery Mezzanin, Vienna
    Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm
    Project room, Millesgården, Stockholm
    "STHLM/GBG", Göteborg

  • 1999
    "blown out", De Kabinetten van de Vleeshal, Middelburg
    Galerie Brigitte Trotha, Frankfurt

  • 1997
    "me, myself and you", Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm
  • 1995
    "blundsyn", Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm
  • 1994
    "inside-out", Galleri Mejan, Stockholm
  • Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2010
    ”Bilen i våra hjärtan”, Skövde Kulturhus
    ”Belle vue”, curated by Katerina Nikou, Thanos Stathopoulos, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens
    Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
    ”Le Temps du Corps”, Svenska Institutet, Paris
    ”Tales from t
  • 2009
    ”DARKSIDE II - Fotografische Macht und fotografierte Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod”, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur.
    ”Underwater”, Western Bridge, Seattle, Washington
    ”IN-FINITUM”, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice
  • 2008
    "När solen står som högst - sommaren i bild", Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping
    "We Interrupt Your Program", Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
    “Grosser Auftritt”, Curator David Mannstein, Kunsthalle Erfurt im Haus zum Roten Ocher
  • 2007
    ”Becoming a mother”, Botkyrka Konsthall, Tumba
    "Global Feminisms", Brooklyn Museum, New York, curators: Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin
    "Facades", Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
  • 2006
    "Momentum", Vienna
    "Attityd", Luna Kulturhus, Södertälje
    "Die Kultur der Angst", Stiftung Federkiel, Halle 14, Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig
    "Closed Eyes / Lukkede Øjne", Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Kledefabrik, Odense

  • 2005-07
    "Art and Feminism - Swedish Art and Feminist Issues from 1970 to the Present", Riksutställningar: Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg; Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm; Hälsinglands Museum, Hudiksvall; Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg
  • 2005
    "Church of All Stars", Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo
    "Prospective Sites", Billboard project in Austria, curators: Walter Seidl and Ursula Maria Probst
    "Library", Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Conneticut, Conneticut
  • 2004
    "Attityd", Haninge Konsthall, Haninge; Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje
    "Control" with Marjanna Kella and Anneè Olofsson,BBK, Bilbao, curator: Ramón Esparza
    "The mythological machine - images in the media", Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick
  • 2003-04
    "Night Train", Kiasma, Helsinki
    "Doing Business: Dysfunctional Corporate Culture", The Atrium, University of Connecticut, Connecticut in Storrs, curator: Barry A. Rosenberg
    "How to learn to love the bomb and stop worrying about it, Programa Art
  • 2003-05
    "Show Unit", video tour in Sweden by Riksutställningar, Stockholm
  • 2002-03
    "Beyond Paradise", Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur,Shanghai, Ho Shi Minh City, Havana,
    curator: Dr Apinan Poshyananda

  • 2002
    "FASTE", Friends Night at Isabelle Suret´s, Paris, curator: Christine Marcel
    Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm
    "Coming!", Swedish Embassy, Tokyo; Zone/MoriArt Center, Tokyo

  • 2001-02
    "DRIVEN", with Monika Larsen Dennis, P.S.1, Long Island City, New York
  • 2001
    "Art Works Consulting ", Haus am Lutzowplats, Berlin
    "Abbild "(Depiction) , Landemuseum Joanneum, Graz, curator: Peter Pakesch
    "Septembre Artique", film/video festival, Normandie
    "Maskuliniteter", Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Cope
  • 2000
    "DRIVEN", with Monika Larsen Dennis, Sergels Torg, Stockholm
    "Video 2000", Städtische Gallerie, Göppingen
    "THIS BOY COULD BE ME", Replica Theater, Stockholm, curator: Olga Kopenkina
    "SENSITIVE", Le Printemps de Cahors, Cahors
  • 1999
    "Officina Europa", Bologna
    "Just water can be cut more easily", Hamburg
    " Headlands Center for the Arts", San Francisco
    "DRIVEN", with Monika Larsen Dennis, Chalmers, Gotheburg
    "DRIVEN", with Monika Larsen Dennis, Queersicht-Filmfestival, Bern
  • 1998
    "Icegarden", London, curator: Bradley Quinn
    "Elbowroom", Tredje Spåret, Stockholm
    "Triennale der Kleinplastik", curator: Werner Meyer,Stuttgart
    "Out of the North", Würtenbergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, curator: Martin Hentschel
  • 1997-98
    "TarGET", Nordens Hus, Reykjavik; Stenersenmuseet,Oslo; Trondelag Kunstnersenter, Trondheim; Färgfabriken, Stockholm
  • 1997
    "1997 ÅRS MÄN" (The men of 1997), Färg och Form, Stockholm
    "höra sönder och samman", with Monika Larsen Dennis,Smart Show, Stockholm-Helsinki

  • 1996
    "Love all", Färgfabriken, Stockholm
    Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Västerås

  • 1995
    "TRANS," Galleri Rix, Linköping; Galleri Mejan, Stockholm
    "Östgötaleken", Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping

  • 1994
    "Final Exhibition", Exercishuset, Stockholm
    "201 km", Östergötlands länsmuseum, Linköping

  • 1993
    "Invasion", Millesgården, Stockholm
    "1000/2000", Warszawa
    "Kropp", Annexet, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö

  • Performances

  • 2001
    "dream mile", Porin Taidemuseo, Pori
  • 1997
    "Changing Minds", with John Ø Eggesbø, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
  • 1996
    "National dance to Elgaland/Vargaland" with Susanne Berggren, Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York
    "Through you", with Monika Larsen Dennis, Endurance, Kulturhuset, Stockholm

  • Curator

  • 2003
    "HOME GROWN", with Christer Fällman, Passagen, Linköping
  • 2001
    "Urban Nature", with Helena Persson, Göteborgs Konshall, Gothenburg
  • 1998
    "Elbowroom", with Monika Larsen Dennis,Tredje Spåret, Stockholm
  • 1997
    "1997 ÅRS MÄN ", with Monika Larsen Dennis, Färg och Form, Stockholm

Public Commissions
The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Sankta Birgitta, Linköpings Länsmuseum, Linköping "Aeronauter", Södersjukhuset, Stockholm
"Atlanter", Norra hamnen, Helsingborg
"rundgång" (Round and Round), with Monika Larsen Dennis, Arlanda Airport, Arlanda
"Möte", Linköping University, Linköping

Public Collections
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
National Public Art Council, Stockholm
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg
Linköpings Konstmuseum, Linköping
Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås
Norrköping Konstmuseum, Norrköping
Skövde Konstumuseum, Skövde
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö
Botkyrka Kommun
Grafikens Hus, Mariefred
Linköpings kommun
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Kiasma, Helsingfors
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Herbert F Johson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Itacha, New York
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Philips Collection, Washington DC
Tampa Art Museum, Tampa, Florida
Museo Fortuny, Venice


Grants
IASPIS
Statens Kulturråd
The Arts Grants Committee, Five-year working grant
Sveriges Författarfond
Längmanska kulturfonden
The Ellen Trotzig Foundation Prize
The Arts Grants Committee, 2-year working grant
NKKK
BUS
Gösta Mobergs Minnesfond
The Arts Grants Committee
Letterstedska föreningen
Helge Ax:son Johnssons Stiftelse
Clara Lachmans fond
Nordplus
Konsthögskolans tecknings-stipendium
Marta, Vivi och Åke Liljessonska Stiftelsen




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